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Given Pfizer and US Authorities continuing crackdown on drugs from India ( Pfizers fake drugs lab featured Ranbaxy on Bloomberg yesterday, 100M users (see ET) did not vote for Ranbaxy and founder Dilip Sangvi definitely has an uphill task trying to convert his $4 B revenue acquisition of Ranbaxy into a paying deal. The price even at Rs 447 was probably a face saver for Indian Phartma as Indian pharma contitnues the quest for bigger stories in the $200 mln – $500 mln molecule categories and even more and the US generics story also relies on academia to cut the costs of innovationand drug delievry with and without Obamacare.

As of now however, prices of Sun Pharma continue their rally as Ranbaxy finally stabilises at 447 (offer price) and markets look to complete their pre poll rally with benefactor Modi piping up some hot Indian curry to Foreign investors around the world. Recovery in consumption is not converting to better Auto sales apparently and poll time spend also seems to be down witht he fortunes of the Congress known well in advance.

In Financial Services and Banks, the IDFC story has multiple positives even as the markets nurse a big bruised ego from RGR’s matter of fact disposition of other applications and the Infra Financing story for India inc seems to be back on track, the Indian welfare state a survivor of other political questions as BJP promises to bring back rural employment and education schemes.

Stories like Bharti and ITC are unlikely to lose because of the changes in Political fortunes while the Pharma and It story probably come under the scanner being at market peaks and the Rupee responding in the NDF market to more than inspired business inflows and remittances from labour abroad.

The movements in JP Power., JSW Power (Nasik and Maha areas arnd Jabalpur?) and obviously Adani Power ( Amit Shah connection) are interesting and likely to be back int he limelight as news on the business channels remains on target for a big 7000 breakout and is safe for a 6800 score by far, markets continuing to test the levels after each 100 odd points of rise, studying the ramifications and choosing a select dozen every 100 pointswith shorts back in Kotak and Hero Motors. BHEL and SAIL seem to continue to be short favorites and their fortunes and that of IDBI Bank are unlikely to be affected by market direction now.

The best derivatives strategy remains to sell puts at this point for probably 6500 levels on the safe side, markets likely to signall enough if the breach below 6450 levels in 2014. Buying risk may seem tobe in, but new investors are likely to be priced out by the constant rain checks and risk buyers from early 2014 will continue to be rewarded till end 2014 if they stick around.

JP Associates is unlikely to move upop from 56 historically a support for the stock as it continues its tortuous strategy of deleveraging its listed stock

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Though the trend is no longer on the up and up, BS revealing that IT and Pharma earnings have reached 20% of India Inc scorecards in 2013, doubling in 3 years on the depreciation dragon that caused a 14% run on the rupee just in the December Quarter. Meanwhile the Rupee is ratcheting back to 55 levels. According to RGR, the threatening levels of the Rupee appreciation start near 55 where it is overvalued to even 50. Remittances from the Middle East are flowing in mercilessly , leveraged by 5% loans in dubai and Abu dhabi as NRIs continue to fuel the investment boom’s precursors almost like any other Fed stimulus (QE)

However, as traders picks have shown in the week gone by, almost all shorts have been closed out and a further upmove for stoicks is not ruled out from here even as PSU banks and leveraged realty stocks like DLF remain outside the reach of good news and hence hold back most of the trading capital. As mentioned on Friday, March closed with $3 Bln inflows and almost two thirds is in Debt. A modi rally pre elections is scored in at 7000 as he steps closer to an absolute majority but it may prove over ambitious even for the NaMo juggernaut and markets may accede to pleas for a reaction this week before or after 6800 instead of hitting 7000 before counting closes on May 12. Assam and other NE states go to polls today

Bank Nifty has done creditably in this rally at 12550, without flatulent acccession by PSU stocks that have tripled NPAs ionthe Banking system adding INR 65 Bln NPLs to INR 3 T in Gross NPAs this quarter. Apparently metals continued advancing last week on news of a Vedanta upgrade to stable by Moodys, finally a piece of good news for the merged Sesa Sterlite and the acquired Hindustan Zinc

Arun Shourie and Arun Jaitley made the customary election time appearances for the party and are unlikely to be part of the governance framework in a Modi government that has also sidelined MM Joshi, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh ( standing as independent from Barmer) and son, even as LK Advani made a reasonable comeback on Modi’s behalf on the weekend as Modi asks for a personal vote for PM in the final stage. Sonia and Rahul also continue through a tough election schedule, made grueling more by continuous adds in Election surveys and a virtual estoppel on government business

IDFC’s bank license is indeed welcome for the strong business model of the company but as it starts running up to a grueling 18 month schedule to conform to all guidelines required for executing its license, most investors will be watching at current levels as a plan for reducing FII stakes to 49% is also confirmed within the new NOHFC structure for the bank. Bandhan was the other licensee. Most NBFCs in the fray including L&T finance which fully well knew the limitations a year ago, led the mid week breakdown as the RBI points to existing NBFCs and corporates to explore a differentiated licensing model. Policy day macroeconomic report for the quarter showed a limited recovery underlining the unlikelihood of any further improvements in RBI stance as recovery remains limited to fringes of the economy and a panic over the incoming government’s reform stance slowly takes hold during the crucial polling month

The mega deal announcement by Sun Pharma, taking it off its Japanese buyers for $4 Bln is still being digested by the market as the ramifications are mostly negative for Sun Pharma unless the game plan from the group is cogent and quick acting

Yes Bank is still a buy at 423 levels. Market indices are likely to continue adding straddles in the 6500+ ranges this week, unlikely to allow a sharp correction except for other news.

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As expected on Monday, irrespective of weaker global cues as the Dow travels back from new highs on weak Chinese follow through, sold puts have moved up midweek to 6400 levels on way to making a bottom support at 6500 itself before the end of the week. Mislaid punts in old Economy stocks like L&T and Maruti provide market shorts ready ‘bakras’ to support bigger longs in the rally segment favorites with PSU banks, tired from all the browbeating are also ready for a short short and BOB is teetering at new 650 levels in March.

BPCL turned out to be the surprise winner as ET Now also highlighted, gaining 20% in 2014 as PMCs and Oilcos caught up with neglected mispricing in the first six months of the rally from the Rupee’s endless bottoming in the last week of August as the Rupee leads the global charge to stay relevant in a post taper world.

Along with the continuing winning stock specific plays in all the new consumer stories of 2010, Just Dial’s F&O inauguration may well be one of the sterling performances that mark a lifetime winner as Titan, Maruti and L&T head for the dumps.

SGX Nifty continues without a hint following Nifty to its close yesterday unable tpo provide cues to the Indian markets as FIIs continue buying, adding another INR 14-15 Bln on Tuesday. Asian markets opened exceptionally weaker after a Dow falll overnight as they remain sensitive tio the situation in China and need a significant depreciation in the Yen in 2014.

IDFC remains a superb trade and the expected corrections in ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank and thus the Banknifty continue to elude any other buyers waiting as the stocks remain poised for a big upward push from 1100 and 720 levels, FII trades switching the bottom of their range to 6400, writing 6400 puts even as Naked 6800 and 6900 calls continue to get more OI now instead of Call writers who can see the end of the rally before taking a position despite higher PCRs. A hidden Short Straddle/Strangle ranging the market between 6400-6600 may well win the day ( Bloomberg F&O had a 6300-6800 recommendation on the 12:45) in March though it is still not the recommended trade, Call writers likely though to be not penalised with global volatilities at extreme lows . L&T Finance could likely catch fire from here as goroudns are laid for the trade on new bank licences limiting itself to just key candidates.

Only 35% of Indian Cars are compliant with new mileage efficiency norms applicable from 2016. Exports are down not just in Precious metals and Jewelry but also in Pharmaceuticals. From all visible indicators, Hotels and Airlines are coping well putting the almost recessionary two year spell behind them with double digit rate increases and new fare discounts respectively. EIA yesterday also confirmed that Crude prices will remain low till end 2015 at least while Natural Gas is likely showing an uptick even as Copper leads the metals down as usual at the start of a new Chinese year spooking the browbeaten sector needlessly before the murky waters provide real hints in Chinese take outs two months from here.

Questions on Indian Exports however, seem real as Indian Exports refuse to break the strangle hold /saturation around $27 Bln a month mark and FDA continues to eye Indian export consignments with due suspicion. FIIs may also be done with debt buys in India for this segment. One has a feeling the next month’s elections may not return a unique government mandate but are likely to see the biggest turnout in recent history, with more foreign Observers looking on curiously, Crimea and Turkey, not tomention China and Russia underlining the unique prism of stability offered by India.

IIP and CPI data releases during the day set the ebullient tone for Policy day next Tuesday /Wednesday for Governor Rajan.

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DIIs are again trying to correct the market levels hoping for a bigger correction sooner than expected as markets having scripted a recovery trade from all time highs of 6500 level look to executing the same fueled by FII investments. Hopes of a mild correction in Banknifty continue as trades from 12000 levels in Banknifty are also stymied by the lack of positive PSU trades, SBI and BOB still counting as fundamentally short picks. PSU Bank Capital plans are likely to strain Government finances as Insurance companies also reach their sector exposure limit of 25%. It remains inadvisable to increase sector exposure levels from 25% as well and the problem is likely to get complicated as many PSU banks are unlikely to stop NPA accumulation at the 100 bln mark they magically topped up to in December 2013.

Meanwhile the Powercos (Distcos) supplying to Delhi have a long expected bonanza in regulatory assets allowed to be claimed by the State Regulator (DERC) (–see BS lead of date )but apparently the price rise and yield is already been priced into Rel Infra and Tata Power ( Tulsiani)

The VIX trade in the meantime flies off the handle at a tepid 18, the move from 14 to 18 completed in all of two trading sessions on Friday and Monday as Option writers finally got busier and naked calls and shorts covered out at Monday highs and markets continue upward. The PCR also is likely to be stretched at best to 1.30 and till then considerably larger highs could be established for the markets to return toa as indeed foreign buying of INR 16 Bln on Monday is likely to be followed by more such thrugh this week with many shortlisted stocks showing new stamina including Bajaj Auto which is likely to go up to 2050 levels if not 2150, Bharti which is still at 305 levels and can trade up to 335-345

Buying opportunities in ICICI Bank and HDFC bank would be grabbed by the markets though shorts re likely to succeed in Axis Bank as well, with its NPA and management problems unresolved. IDFC is one of the rare scrips that offers liquid trades witha 20% range from current levels on the long side to under 130 levels and YES Bank is also still a big gap from its earleir high valuations of 6000 valued on the same economic scenarios back in 2011 as India repeats its unique performance twice within th single minded slow plodding recovery after the banks broke in 2008

Reliance however seems saturated at 855 levels and GAIL seems to have been ignored unnecessarily at 355 levels as Pharma is likely to be ignored till the end of the week Cipla headed to below 350 levels, Sun to 580 and probable 1950 marks for DRL while domestic producers with an export portfolio like Glenmark, Cadila and Aurobindo Pharma are likely to get a fresh batch o f long term investors from current levels itself

The Rupee’s trades at below 61 levels , opening at 60.70 in the morning are likely to be followed by better and lower yields in the Bond markets as investors follow the currency buying with some debt investments in India and hopes for an investment cycle upside to India increase with easier availability of “ECB” debt

One should choose pedigree and portfolio when choosing infra stocks and not follow for leveraged small promoters as deal wins in the space almost threaten the existence of such corporates instead of improving their chances given the debt raising limitations

Infy and TCS are already topped up in investor portfolios and current falls are fundamental revaluations and not much institutional trading is likely happening in the two stocks right now

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Though, it could have been better for the fundamentals, markets have not caught up to earnings increases over the last decade and will probably keep the gains in this weeks rally as the Rupee finally responds to buying and moves back to 61 levels without showing signs of tiring. As it moves further along to the top of its range to the 60 mark, consolidating yesterdays gains over another week, the currency does have a limited headroom as the Dollar Index is trading below 80.

Banknifty and IDFC are keeping their gains and moving north even as the indices savor a moment at the top and a lot of the individual stock memes switch , with Energy and Pharma both offering unique ignored opportunities that may well be taken up, without ruling out the better consumer scrips consolidating to new price levels or for ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank ( including a final decision on its cross holding by HDFC , still pending for renewal of its Foreing investor limit)

In Consumer we continue to back Bharti , ITC and Bajaj Auto. Yes Bank seems to be popping the champagne again, while the real estate pack will lead the way back for a quicker correction if interest in the sector runs up a bigger tab

ITC may again start up from 320 levels , if you are a trader and need to offload the stock currently. Bharti seems to have a new partner in sight for its retail JV( which I will tell you later why is not the ideal reason for backing the stock, like its financial foray earlier) but there are more fundamental reasons for owning the stock

Exiting DRL is a good idea at these levels

A lot of cash stocks have steam trading much below their lifetime highs despite good fundamentals like GAIL while the PCR is also a bland less than 0.9 with PUt OI still being extinguished , probably a precursor to Puts being written as confidence in new levels increases in the Indian markets , as they lead a global equity rally with the Dow a little behind as it is already at record highs. Markets have a long week ahead next week before 6400 Put writing becomes economic and the markets rewrite 2014 forecasts.

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The Rupee has finally moved into 61.50 marks, investor interest in the tech quartet unruffled by a climbing currency as Dollar indices moved to their lowest levels. The Banknifty is squarely above 11,150 marks on Thursday in an eventful week for bulls, enjoying a cash and positive calls led market supremacy over the cagey watchful investors with BJP backers having decided 200 seats in the National Parliament was worth a celebration too in the face of defating th eBears, an opportunity that does not come by regularly in every market segment and cannot be passed over.

PNB is back near 600 levels and the short trades are gone from even Maruti and others for the moment, likely to come back any time now below 6400 levels itself once the Put Call ration reaches 0.75-0.80. One hopes the shorts come in Index Options and not entirely in Index Futures or worse continuing in individual stock series.

To my mind PSUs like BOB are already looking overpriced again with their asset quality woes not done and BOB likely to be among the PSU strikes leading the way down, with a news driven exit in Adani remaining a probability after a quick rally in the same as this rally segment will unlikely see the one sided euphoria in Jubilant and Titan in 2010. The markets apparentlt kick into gear for welcoming the change in aviation rules allowing International flight without fleet and footprint restriction

Bajaj Auto still has a rally left for brave longs at 2020 levels, using Maruti to torque the trade ( Buy Bajaj Auto Sell Maruti) and starting a similar trade in Hero at 1850 levels ( unlikely to get lower levels int he same) The Trade will likely last thru any index led direction for the market. Index moves are matched tick for tick by the new LIX 15 showing the hold of rare liquid stocks on the market. Markets will correct once pre elections or immediately after results so broader interest can rride on the secular move to 7000 warranted by FY14 earnings and FY15 forecasts even in absence of a recovery

The Cement stock rally indeed seems a little too precocious even this late, as expat commentators would dig their heels in to say in three months time when the GDP recovery led trades start a final swing at old 6400 levels Construction and RE stocks should be avoided.

Your pharma portfolio picks may see a sneaked in ride as markets consolidate, as IDFC finally crosses back into the Century plus marks, both Glenmark and Cadila coming back stronger ona Green only map day for the markets , twice in this week

Time is probably ripe for selling in IT now esp with Infy at 3900 levels. Media scrips have again seen older bullish levels in an almost hidden move on an all green day hiding poor Sun TV(no longer media) in plain sight with more secular picks like ENIL (Mirchi) and Zee

Bharti is back at 280 levels and the big trade in the stock could take it quickly back to 335 levels , GAIL and ITC is also a long only pick at current levels

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Friday’s closing rushes on the Rupee trade could be just another chimera as the China miasma refuses to scare foreing investors from China and other shallow EMs renamed MINTs. China also reported an improved Services PMI implying the trade situation could improve for it and its partners including Aussie, USA and India. However, things overall continue to look bleak for global growth as dependent on legs of growth in China and Europe.

Europe has been importing more, however, esp as Germany probably focusees on its own consumption for a small break after a Target imposed halcyon end to 2013. Rates are likely unchanged in Central Bank announcements and Global liquidity reprieve trades, may be ephemeral at best as Yellen returns to post snow recovery prognostications to hopefully continue along the same taper gradient $10 Bln in each policy date.

However, not to be confused by the Global Economy’s internecine interactive brusqueness, the India trade remains a leader for the Global benign trend continuing in Equities and HY debt this year and is likely to turn in better performances on the bourses than any other.

The 4.7% GDP score was not so bad except that it included at its best form, not more than 6% contribution from Services. As expected, Agriculture did not continue an extended rebound from Q2 and thus contributed to an overall disappointment for policy watchers with Governor RGR still on the edge of another couple of rate hikes and CPI close to plateauing out at a high 8% itself

Radico Khaitan is one of the bigger winners as the Equity trade in India opens to new bull scenarios, we choosing to watch after every 100 points as traders fill up the gaps and bears might give up most of their extraordinary gains in the following 6 monthsas they take each plateau of waiting for more investors as an inordinate sign of weakness or overconfidence having nbrought the hcicken count home to roost

Volatility remains at an extended low and the PCR below 1, implies one should batten down the hatches as most price levels on your choice investments would carry very little risk on sold puts . SBI and Maruti also proffer extraordinary choice to traders that need financing and are not selling puts ans positional shorts in both continue to dig for lost Mayan Gold, making it at least a year or 1200 levels before they exit with profittaking trades.

JP Associates may be out of the index but is a great plus trade ( opnly post redenomination of the Nifty) while Adani Enterpricses catches supplementary caucus support from the Adani Port bull trade. GAIL may still not make it to mainstrem positional trades or transition into a defensive but we reccommend buying the stock with IDFC and YES, while ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank individually will carry the Banknifty, PSU shorts making the Index tradea patchy non performing long

Foreign buyers saw $2.2 Bln in gross trading on the NSE itself on Friday. The return of bank investors and trading rooms including StanChart and HSBC to the bull trade on the Rupee, counld confirm secular up trades in Asia even as China gets ready for a currency depreciation battle. However, first order of business would be to observe if equities can keep up with the smaller selling that remains part of the trade in the first half of the week as markets start the series at fresh new highs of 6277.

The Sun Pharma and Hindalco trades should catch fire by the middle of the week in that scenario as mainline picks remain good for the goo but new buyers may not get them at better levels . Bharti , ITC and Bajaj Auto continue to hold strength in the consumer investments story and Services PMI returnign tot he green likely for 2014 means aviation, trade and tourism could critically support the good guys from here. The LIC and ONGC/OIL buys for BHEL and IOC are confirmed but sectoral trades aer non existent on either side. Pharma’s big week returning to substitute IT is the one certainty and not an immediate bulltrade so more consolidation is likely this wek esp if the Pharma trade does not kick in. The inevitable short trade on Hero as it yields ground to a bad February sales data will only land blows till 1850 levels as the news f the recovery should kick in the sector after new excise reduction and recovery in buying from March

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As expected, indices are holding and the degradation of Maruti’s role in Suzuki strategy has finally clicked into real trades early morning, that will probably keep the broader indices on an even keel, Maruti no longer a portfolio pick despite a 50% share of market and being the listed representation of quick and easy Indian growth components ( not many left there) as protected cash flows fail to assuage investors

A $2 Trillion GDP really bloated up India’s old economy bottlenecks and one needs to gravy the Indian infrastructure boat, but with hot money and leveraged inconscientous promoters the only steed, it is unlikely markets will try for that 7000 index just today

Cash equities have a lot to catch up with on the Futures that closed at a grainy premium, but I am not sure volumes are still low or if only one player is around, as India with 200% of GDP in equities, has deeper markets than most other Emerging markets including Korea and Singapore who still have a story to tell.

The traders picks continue to show six old timers without a growth strategy and apart from regular stories of restructuring on 1 or 2 of those stocks most others like Tata Elxsi may not be good trade picks either way

If markets are so indiscriminate and all mice come out to play on Friday before the weekend, there may be some reason to looking at short picks when they open dstarted in August and now for two months of 2014

I still worry about the Tech Mahindra story, apart from the possibility that they are playing with another i-banker to get the deal flow into a continuous stream. KPIT is a good pick but then insiders know when and till where 🙂 as PE picks up stake in the fast growth play with legs in embedded/systems programming/chip design and the normal outsourcing meat still available form more than one sector and not having been wasted on product /enterprise investments like at infy or wipro

Those foreign funds still underweight india will not get another chance to come and invest in India and may likely underperform Asia benchmarks at the end of the year, like HSBC Securities

Banks are hot again in this segment, and SBI shorts will strike before the end of next week as interest spreads across Pharma and some Consumer

In unlisted business, IIMA infra naming rights story headlined in ET is a late thing but a good start. One hopes there is also a base endowment fund when the Subsidies are let go from this sector. The Annual ioutgo from the HRD ministry could have well come for each institution from a single/individual endowment

StannCs back in an indiabull avatar but one wonders if there are beaten down sectors left this time for late entrants. Most Foreign investors who stayed invested over 2013 are going to score much higher this time onwards and one hopes this can become a doable tradition for the indian markets finally rid of old time ponies and bad trades in a new era

Unlisted Captives of Global Auto companies have the best chance to make a statement and increase Expoprts traction from India as Ford gets on it.

The Rupee has nowhere to go after hitting 62 from the up and Gold is stuck too even if they try to reverse the bear trend with some late late buying as markets can grab the precious metal at 30k levels itself for a good short and adding to equity trades

Indian residential and enterprise ( Retail Malls and Offices etc) sector has some potential to add new inventory, last years smaller sales not having added new inventories at all. Chances of Bajaj Auto in the 2-wheelers producing positive surprises in next months data have increased but traders are right in clamping down on Hero, Bajaj and TVS as February data is released into the last months of deteriorating production conditions over most of the manufacturing sector as IIP uptick will include a negligible contribution from manufacturing. A new bite, though, the residential construction intel comes from one of our steel producers. Not the way to go , India so there iwll be another sad story down some months but I guess Jindal (JSPL) was a dead story anyway

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Markets will close above 6100 again but later afternoon sessions may see more enthusiasm as good economic data could be followed by expected passive investor moves and new EEM flows to show likely coming trends.

HDFC Bank is up and out of the 600-680 move with new targets to probably near 750 levels. Banks will expectedly support the next upmove too, ICICI Bank having made up new routes to at least 1030 levels, probably 1070 A look at some fund portfolios , interestingly shows Axis is indeed out of favor and Infy in a different block of memory unlikely to provide any traders with gains or hedges as it corrects to 3600 levels. Apollo Tyres, India Cements and JP Associates added open interest yesterday as main trends broke tin the nifty drop from 6150 to below 6100 levels. Sree Renuka stake sale does not seem like a trade at all, being a long known and expected unloading by the promoter. Open offer is apparently at a discount but Wilmar is immediattely extinguishing debt worth INR 12 Bln. Bharti is a great buy again in positional trades from 295 levels. Bajaj Auto will likely continue to 1950 levels for a stab at a quick double (century) The Adani Port move you heard today is so true,its the INR 80 Bln JNPT contract.

Japan is celebrating a bullish candle early in the morning as Chinese manufacturing, along expected lines, brushes near contraction levels. Fed minutes from January showed the Fed agreeable to changing the unemployment targets and thus somemembers eagerness to discuss increasin gthe short term fed rate will likely be ignored as markets start up after a 5-10% cut since the new year. However on the flip side for India, the risk of an inflated Oil bill has increased. External Commercial Borrowing Markets are open for India Inc to increase disposition from, the CAD averted, but the small packet of Coporate External debt, now unsettling India policy markets. Fixed Income Markets and Currency markets would recover from yesterdays dip as the recovery unfolds into a more tangible item of import than just hope traded by domestic equity and consumption markets. KKR is also providing transformational capital in a new (presser in ET) bid, that could soon be emulated by SBI and ICICI as restructured assets hit a new high in the banking system.

A new endeavour at the Central Bank could see proposals to accept some or all the changes reccommended by the FSLRC. The recommendation, are likely to further aim to bridge the gap between Private sector growth memes and the larger PSU counterparts with capacity building and skills development (HR) guidelines

G20 is up later this week, IMF taking the opportunity to underline that currency concerns remain, obviating any choice of policy leadership for India at another G20 edition, India the easiest dog to put down in the revolt of the EM manger. ( twisted, yet really twisted, paraplegic choice and execution of simile (not stimuli) The Ukraine Hryvnia, the Korean Won and the turkish lira are likely to be the largest exceptions not part of the mainstream in G20 trades and will be dominating the agenda, not to forget the Singapore Dollar which remains a unique economic substitute for the whole block ( try a whole fat analysis) and mexico a member but likely to stay silent too as Australia lead this round (2014)

Jet Airways’ loss in a sedate Airlines quarter, even as its etihad deal now hangs fire at the Compat ( like the CCI but just the Appellate Tribunal) Jet has loans of INR 104 Bln as of this quarter, hardly $1.7 Bln but apparently 7X of the other nearest competitor. its market share is now less than 20% as it waits for deal approval. The INR 2.85 Bln loss a INR 3.60 Bln deterioration from its year ago profitable quarter, leaving unlisted IndiGo the winner with Sale and Leaseback economics still leaving maintenance bills manageable and the airline scoring on all the busy metro routes. Air Asia is likely to change that if it is allowed to fly. That would be concomitant with changes in regulation allowing all these Indian fliers to book international routes without a track record’ compulsion(Two dogs in the dogfight, Indigo and Jet, why are others even flying? – significant business case and consulting win with free markets allowing portfolio rationalisation).

And as Facebook found its Twitter-alike acquisition for mobile messaging that paid its promoters $19 Bln, India media look to another expat manager in the pile of 55 employees for the India story and there is as usual one solitary reaper, digging away in that bee hive(ant hill)

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has taken stewardship at IIM Bangalore as Chairman of the Board . IIM also recently saw a new Director joining back from Boston University ( Sushil Vachani)

In other unlisted business, why wouldn’t a new Pharma business story with unlisted Capital or a PE try to fund a great Pharma business , not from a decade old Pharma attempts in Hyderabad and Ahmedabad but elsewhere. Cost of Equity in India is no longer that cheap as the Pharma market still offers unique advantages to scaled businesses in Export markets and domestically, while current entrants are likely limited by the $500 mln market for each generic molecule,a similar cap for the domestic market too, based on a limit to branded volumes in each drug. The model would definitely be more Chinese if it happened but it could really expand the market opportunity both at home and in the US and Europe

How about new moves in the big retail pie, which despite its propensity for political disaster, is still available in at least 4 states. One reason, hitting continuing entrepreneurship as India stands on a big comeback, holding India back would be the virtual withdrawal of Foreign banks from India, assets now down to 7% of the banking system, esp the unlikelihood of a public markets led such revolution makes it imperative that the easy flow of foreign capital to India be capitalised on.